Version control

On 6/28/2010 8:17 PM, David Ingebretsen wrote:

I am a one man shop, nonetheless, I find I need to establish some kind of

revision control. I'm struggling trying to find the best way in Eagle to

keep track of notes, changes, etc.

1. I'd like to have a way to automatically/easily bump the revision of a

schematic/PCB. Something like version control in software design.

2. I'd like a straightforward way to track the changes and keep notes and

comments. It's a pain to add text one line at a time on the schematic

itself and I find the supplied "frames" to be a bit cumbersome to use.

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I've struck out trying to find anything in the user manual or in the list.

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I've looked through the download section for ULPs, but didn't find

anything.

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I find I'm already getting lost in revisions.

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Thanks for any advice.

Hi David,

Why not simply use a version control program. I've communicated with

several engineers and most of them recommend Subversion. It's open

source (Free) and does a good job. If you like to use a GUI interface

then Tortoise SVN or Rabbit SVN might be a good choice.

Hth,

Jorge Garcia

"Jorge Garcia" <jorge@cadsoftusa.com> wrote in message

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On 6/28/2010 8:17 PM, David Ingebretsen wrote:

>> I am a one man shop, nonetheless, I find I need to establish some kind of

>> revision control. I'm struggling trying to find the best way in Eagle to

>> keep track of notes, changes, etc.

>> 1. I'd like to have a way to automatically/easily bump the revision of a

>> schematic/PCB. Something like version control in software design.

>> 2. I'd like a straightforward way to track the changes and keep notes and

>> comments. It's a pain to add text one line at a time on the schematic

>> itself and I find the supplied "frames" to be a bit cumbersome to use.

>>

>> I've struck out trying to find anything in the user manual or in the

>> list.

>>

>>

>> I've looked through the download section for ULPs, but didn't find

>> anything.

>>

>> I find I'm already getting lost in revisions.

>>

>> Thanks for any advice.

>

Hi David,

>

Why not simply use a version control program. I've communicated with

several engineers and most of them recommend Subversion. It's open source

(Free) and does a good job. If you like to use a GUI interface then

Tortoise SVN or Rabbit SVN might be a good choice.

>

Hth,

>

Jorge Garcia

I've been using subversion with TortoiseSVN, and it works great.  Right now

I'm running a subversion server and repository on a QNAP network disk, but

for an easy setup I'd recommend an Ubuntu server for subversion.  You can

just use "apt-get install" to install subversion and svn-serve.  Setting up

the repository is straight forward, there are a number of how-to's online

that will give you an easy step-by-step.  Tortoise SVN is a subversion

client which integrates into windows.  Once its installed, you can just

right click on things for all your version control needs.

Sean

"Jorge Garcia" <jorge@cadsoftusa.com> wrote in message

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On 6/28/2010 8:17 PM, David Ingebretsen wrote:

>> I am a one man shop, nonetheless, I find I need to establish some kind of

>> revision control. I'm struggling trying to find the best way in Eagle to

>> keep track of notes, changes, etc.

>> 1. I'd like to have a way to automatically/easily bump the revision of a

>> schematic/PCB. Something like version control in software design.

>> 2. I'd like a straightforward way to track the changes and keep notes and

>> comments. It's a pain to add text one line at a time on the schematic

>> itself and I find the supplied "frames" to be a bit cumbersome to use.

>>

>> I've struck out trying to find anything in the user manual or in the

>> list.

>>

>>

>> I've looked through the download section for ULPs, but didn't find

>> anything.

>>

>> I find I'm already getting lost in revisions.

>>

>> Thanks for any advice.

>

Hi David,

>

Why not simply use a version control program. I've communicated with

several engineers and most of them recommend Subversion. It's open source

(Free) and does a good job. If you like to use a GUI interface then

Tortoise SVN or Rabbit SVN might be a good choice.

>

Hth,

>

Jorge Garcia

I've been using subversion with TortoiseSVN, and it works great.  Right now

I'm running a subversion server and repository on a QNAP network disk, but

for an easy setup I'd recommend an Ubuntu server for subversion.  You can

just use "apt-get install" to install subversion and svn-serve.  Setting up

the repository is straight forward, there are a number of how-to's online

that will give you an easy step-by-step.  Tortoise SVN is a subversion

client which integrates into windows.  Once its installed, you can just

right click on things for all your version control needs.

Sean